Unmanned aerial vehicle authentication method and apparatus

Abstract

This application provides an unmanned aerial vehicle authentication method and an apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a communications device after determining that a type of a terminal is a UAV, authentication information of the terminal to an authentication server, so that the authentication server can perform authentication on the terminal based on the authentication information of the terminal, and therefore, the authentication server completes authentication on the terminal. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle is allowed to fly only after authentication on the terminal succeeds. Therefore, flight security of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be improved.

1 . An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) authentication method comprising:
 sending, by a terminal, a registration request message to a communications device, wherein a type of the terminal is a UAV, wherein the registration request message is used to request to register the terminal with a network, and wherein the registration request message comprises authentication information of the terminal; and   receiving, by the terminal, a registration reject message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal fails, or receiving, by the terminal, a registration accept message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal succeeds.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the authentication information comprises an identifier of the terminal, location information provided by the terminal, or possible flight path information of the terminal. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the communications device is an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element or a mobility management entity (MME). 
     
     
         4 . An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) authentication method comprising:
 sending, by a terminal, a session establishment request message to a communications device, wherein a type of the terminal is a UAV; and   receiving, by the terminal, a session establishment reject message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal fails, or receiving, by the terminal, a session establishment complete message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal succeeds.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
 sending, by the terminal, authentication information of the terminal to the communications device based on a request of the communications device, wherein the authentication information is used by the communications device to perform authentication on the terminal.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the authentication information comprises an identifier of the terminal, location information provided by the terminal, or possible flight path information of the terminal. 
     
     
         7 . A communications device comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the communications device to:
 send a registration request message to a communications device, wherein a type of the terminal is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the registration request message is used to request to register the terminal with a network, and wherein the registration request message comprises authentication information of the terminal; and 
 receive a registration reject message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal fails, or receiving, by the terminal, a registration accept message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal succeeds. 
   
     
     
         8 . A communications device comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the communications device to:
 send a session establishment request message to a communications device, wherein a type of the terminal is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); and 
 receive a session establishment reject message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal fails, or receiving, by the terminal, a session establishment complete message from the communications device after authentication on the terminal succeeds.